diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
index f70fa0842d1..769b8486974 100755
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Xamarin. All rights reserved.
 	<AndroidUpdateResourceReferences Condition="'$(AndroidUpdateResourceReferences)' == ''">True</AndroidUpdateResourceReferences>
 	<EmbedAssembliesIntoApk Condition=" '$(EmbedAssembliesIntoApk)' == '' And '$(Optimize)' != 'True' And '$(_XASupportsFastDev)' == 'True' ">False</EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>
 	<EmbedAssembliesIntoApk Condition=" '$(_XASupportsFastDev)' == 'False' ">True</EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>
+	<EmbedAssembliesIntoApk Condition=" '$(EmbedAssembliesIntoApk)' == '' ">True</EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>
 	<AndroidPreferNativeLibrariesWithDebugSymbols Condition=" '$(AndroidPreferNativeLibrariesWithDebugSymbols)' == '' ">False</AndroidPreferNativeLibrariesWithDebugSymbols>
 	<AndroidSkipJavacVersionCheck Condition="'$(AndroidSkipJavacVersionCheck)' == ''">False</AndroidSkipJavacVersionCheck>
 	<AndroidBuildApplicationPackage Condition=" '$(AndroidBuildApplicationPackage)' == ''">False</AndroidBuildApplicationPackage>